In Missouri, COVID-19 cases are surging and
hospitalized patients are younger than ever
the number of new coronavirus cases is surging in 45 states, with just Maine, South Dakota, and Iowa reporting decreases in new cases over the past week versus the previous week.
in 34 states, the number of new cases in the past week compared to the previous week are at least 50 percent higher.
Doctors say that the vast majority of the new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are among people who have not received COVID-19 vaccines.
Dr. Howard Jarvis is an emergency physician in Springfield, and told CNN that
if a patient is "sick enough to be admitted to the hospital, they are unvaccinated.
We're seeing a lot of people in their 30s, 40s, early 50s.
We're seeing some teenagers and some pediatric patients as well."
the rate of new cases increased by 63 percent over the last two weeks, with County Executive Sam Page warning that
"a tidal wave is coming towards our unvaccinated populations. The variant is spreading quickly,
and this variant has the ability to devastate those in its wake. And that is why it is so critical to get vaccinated now."
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